My family would drive more than an hour to Richmond when I was a child to wander around Hollywood Cemetery. For the beauty, for the history, and to appreciate life that much more. Yesterday, I made it back after years, even though I live 10 minutes away. I got to see some old favorites from childhood, a few Presidents, clients, friends, and coworkers. But, even though I now have people I can personally visit, seeing the witness tree that had to be cut down a couple of years ago had me in tears.

Mia Zapata was one of those musicians who seemed like she was about to become a much bigger name right before everything was taken away from her.

She was the singer and lyricist for The Gits, a punk band formed while she was at Antioch College in Ohio. They moved to Seattle in 1989 and became part of the city's exploding underground music scene. Mia didn't really sound like anyone else around her. She had this huge, raspy blues voice coming out of a punk band, and The Gits had started attracting serious attention by the early 1990s.

On July 7, 1993, Mia was attacked and murdered while heading home after a night out in Seattle. She was 27. Her murder remained unsolved for nearly a decade and became something that haunted the Seattle music community for years.

Her friends responded by helping create Home Alive, an organization that offered affordable self-defense and violence-prevention education. Joan Jett also joined the surviving members of The Gits to form Evil Stig, which is "Gits Live" backwards, and they performed and recorded together to help raise money for the investigation into Mia's murder.

DNA evidence finally identified her killer years later. He was arrested in 2003 and convicted of her murder in 2004.

Mia was brought home to Louisville and buried at Cave Hill Cemetery. For someone who left such a huge mark on people, her grave is remarkably simple. The inscription says:
CHERISHED DAUGHTER - SISTER - ARTIST - FRIEND - GIT

I think the last word might be my favorite part. Not "singer" or "rock star." Just Git.

Peaceful stone cherub at Waldfriedhof Haar (Stadt), Germany | Sony A7IV + 90mm Macro [OC]

This is your captain speaking, we'll be in the ground shortly!

On 30^th November 1929, Daphne Olive Earl was killed when the car in which she was travelling crashed through a bridge railing at Mullet Creek, New South Wales. The tragedy attracted so much curiosity that another vehicle ended up in the creek when its driver stopped to inspect the wreckage.

For a deeper dive into Daphne’s story, along with photos, articles and links to further information, head over to r/thosewholiebeneath where we share the stories behind the headstones.

Full Post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ThoseWhoLieBeneath/comments/1x901r5/daphne_olive_earl_a_fatal_crash_into_mullet_creek/ 

Location:
Bulli Cemetery, Bulli, New South Wales, Australia

Find a Grave Link:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60489441/daphne-olive-earl

Some thought provoking inscriptions in Settrington churchyard, North Yorkshire, UK. Two were from the same family.

I don't usually see many inscriptions beyond the basic details (name, date etc) on my churchyard wanderings.

It's a shame the local stone here weathers easily.

Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle Washington

This was from their “Elmwood Alight” earlier in the month

They died two days apart

To the affectionate memory of Revd Edward Rowan. Born at Dungarvan 7th April 1830 Died 2nd September 1893. Was Parish Priest of Blackditches for nineteen years. This cross was erected by the Parishioners of Roundwood and Glendalough amongst whom he laboured for eleven years as Curate. He was a devoted priest, a sterling patriot and a true friend to the poor thus endearing himself to all his people by his noble qualities and gentle disposition. His remains are interred in this cemetery in the interior of the ruined oratory.

10/11th C Round Tower in background

Popular stone in the Lowell Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts. The stone of James Cook Ayer. Photo taken this morning using a GoPro on a monopod following a tour that attracted 145 people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook_Ayer

Beautiful sculpture of a bear on top of this grave in The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. They sure put the ‘Bear’ in Beard. (oc)

My son's favorite color was purple so went with a Halloween feel.

Ai used to remove names from the other stones.

Part of a larger memorial including other members of the Beelar family. I haven’t done a ton of sleuthing, but I have been unable to find any other information about this drowning-whether it was a big story at the time or if his parents simply wanted to have the circumstances of James’ death remembered.

Blackberry Cemetery, Elburn IL

Trinity Church Cemetery in New York City

Went on a tour of Novodevichy Cemetery today and saw his, among many others’, interesting graves.

Silvino Lopez - Johnson County Memorial Gardens - Overland Park, KS

Life-sized saddle headstone. No evidence of people riding it. It is also a Pokemon Go pokestop…

Graves located in Lebanon,Lebanon county Pennsylvania,USA they are in Holy cross cemetery
Plot section 2A